Exodus 32:15-19
Summary for Exod 32:15-29: 32:15-29 a When Moses actually saw what was going on, he was much less calm than he had been on the mountain. He smashed the tablets (32:15-19 b), destroyed the calf (32:20 c), confronted Aaron (32:21-25 d), and had the ringleaders killed (32:26-29 e).32:16 f These tablets were God’s work: The covenant was not merely a human agreement.
32:19 g While the act of smashing the tablets might simply have been a reaction of fury, it might also have been Moses’ way of saying that the covenant with God was now irrevocably broken. God later reminded Moses rather pointedly that Moses was the one who had smashed the tablets (see 34:1 h).
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